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If recent allegations are true, the behaviour was inhuman and has no place in our company. The News of the News of the World is in the business of holding others accountable. But it failed when it came to itself
James Murdoch Chairman of News International speaking on Thursday when he announced the closure of News of the World

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A judge ordered a provincial government in South Africa to pay $15 million in damages to families of at least 144 psychiatric patients who he said died of negligence after being moved to unregistered facilities in early 2016.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Tiger Brands has closed its meat processing factory in the capital Pretoria after detecting the presence of listeria, it said on Monday. The bacteria has killed 180 people in 14 months in the worst global listeria outbreak.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday companies and individuals had returned $591 million in funds illegally stashed abroad after a 90-day amnesty to bring back the money expired last week but $827 million was still outstanding.